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The Other Superhero Movie: The Feats of Strength of the Characters of Last Call at the Oasis
The Other Superhero Movie: The Feats of Strength of the Characters of Last Call at the Oasis.
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Texas is a land of extremes. Some of the biggest hats, trucks and guns I’ve ever seen were in Texas. I once ordered a chicken-fried steak so large that it spilled over the edge of my plate. It’s a place where politicians with minimal intelligence feel entitled to run for the most important offices in … Continue reading
A scary thing happened to me about a year or two back. Having led over 15 years of research on how to utilize NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission to track water storage changes and freshwater availability around the world, I came to the following conclusion. We are, on many levels, completely and … Continue reading
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu is passionate about water. In case you missed Chu’s widely publicized interview with the LA Times back in February 2009, just after he took office, it is worth a read. Dr. Chu rightly expresses grave concern over water issues in the U.S., including their potential impacts on agriculture in California, … Continue reading
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- I was unable to make the big reveal of our GRACE groundwater data visualized for the Times Square Thomson Reuters electronic billboards on World Water Day. I watched the webcams though, and it looked great. I hope to make it over there some time this month. Most of my lectures so far in 2012 have been given in the western U.S. so as not to miss too much teaching during the UCI winter quarter. I have a couple of east coast trips planned for April. We are also working on a South Asia tour which may happen as early as the first two weeks of June. If you are interested in scheduling a Birdsall-Dreiss Lecture in 2012, please visit the request page.
